God With Us

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Melanie

Since I was just a little girl I’ve loved God. It was at a tender age I accepted Christ as my Savior, and still there are many things I do not know about God. A few years ago I had arrived at a place where I thought I had some real answers about God and His ways.

But when our son was diagnosed with stage 4 brain cancer and did not receive the miraculous intervention we had prayed for and expected, I realized I no longer had all the answers. I only had one answer ~ Jesus Christ.

I suspect that you, too, have questions about God.

Why do the innocent suffer?
Why do bad things happen to godly people?
Why am I alone?
Why does God intervene in some situations and not others?

What if you got the answer to what I call the big question? Would it be enough to satisfy you? I’m not sure the answer to why my beautiful son, Andrew, was not healed would change anything for me or my husband or Andrew’s big brother and big sister.

In preparing to speak one week before the 2nd anniversary of our son’s passing on December 15, 2009, the Holy Spirit inspired me with a passage from Matthew 1:23.

“Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel, which is translated God with us.”

God with us. Just three little words but what great and eternal impact in three little words. God with us. You see, “God with us” assures us that God enters into life with us. He does life with us.

Despite the answers to the hard questions that we do not have, all we really need to know about God exists in the name Immanuel ~ God with us. The only question we really need answered is, “God, are You with us? God are You with me?”

I hope this short excerpt from my Christmas message will be a help to you.

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True Womanhood ~ video?

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Melanie

As I prepare for my upcoming teaching series on True Womanhood…Fully HIS Finally Me, I’d like to know if you would view a weekly video about 3 minutes in length. My idea is to have 2 -3 posts per week with one being a short video on the subject.

Also please see the top right sidebar and place your vote. Thanks!

Video Excerpt ~ “Long Nights & Empty Nets”

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Melanie

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Video excerpt from 8/17/11 ~

Unshakeable Trust ~ Enduring Faith

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Melanie

~ Looking forward to meeting some wonderful women of God at Hermitage Hills Baptist Church this week!

I’ll be speaking on “A Faith That Endures.” This message is my heartbeat. With everything we faced with the diagnosis of brain cancer in our son, Andrew, and with his passing to Heaven, I have been vulnerable and honest in the expression of my pain and grief. And through all of my searching, my questions, my prayers, and my meditation, I’ve found I must develop a FAITH THAT ENDURES.

And you know what?

God has been so faithful, so kind and so loving that I often feel that I must be His favorite daughter! Amazing, isn’t it? But that’s our God.

So I’m asking that all of you who have been such a great source of support and encouragement to me would just send up a prayer on my behalf and on the behalf of the women who will hear my message on enduring faith. My message…Andrew’s Message…God’s Message ~

“I’m talking about the kind of faith in God that is a vehicle by which we arrive at an unshakeable trust that, regardless of the outcome, God is working all things together for my good and for His glory!” ~ from “A Faith that Endures